Holder for train-orders.



"Nm 7m,265. Patented Sept. so, |902.

L. c. Glass.

HULDER FOR TRAIN ORDERS. (Applicationled .'uly 10, 1899. Renewed Mar. 8,1902.)

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" HOLDER FOR TRAIN-ORDERS.

SECIFICATION forming part'of Letters Patent No.

710,265, dated September 30, `1902.

Application filed July 10,1899. Renewed March 8, 1902. Serial No.97.293. (No model.)

ders may be held in position for inspection and be removed and replacedwhenever it is' desirable or necessary.

The invention consists inthe features, combinations, and details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis an elevation of a holder fortrain-,orders constructed in accordance with my improvements; Fig. 2, aplan view of a portion of the holder looking at it from line 2 of Fig.l; Fig.l

3, a plan sectional view looking at the mechanism from line 3 of Fig. l;Fig. 4, an elevation of one of the transparent protectingplateshereinafter described, and Fig. 5 an enlarged sectional detail taken online 5 of Fig. 1.

In the art to which this invention relates it is well known that usuallya train-order is handed to the conductor of a train', while a carboncopy of the same is generally given to the engineer. These original andduplicate copies arergenerally crumpled up and placed by the conductorand engineer in theirpockets, so that While they are important documentsno other employee or operator has a chance toinspect the same. As aresult oftentimes the carelessness or preoccupation of either engineeror conductor has resulted in a series of accidents or delays.Myimprovements, therefore, are designed principally for the purpose ofproviding a holder for these train-orders of such construction andarrangement that several train-orders may beefflciently held inposition, so that any operator on the train has a chance to inspect thesame. The distinct advantage of this mechanism is that every operator onthe train is in a measure a responsible individual, and it is thereforehardly likely that an accident can result from the carelessness of everyoperator on the train.

In constructing niyimprovenlents I provide several pockets'a, formed ofchanneled metal strips A and in the shape of a holding-frame which hasits opening at or near the top portion. 'Fliese holding-frames areprovided with eyes ct, by which they are pivot-ally mounted upon astandard or post B, which is secured in place by means of the brackets Cand D.

In order to hold the train-order in position and protect it therein,each of the pockets is provided with transparent sheets E and E, adaptedto slide up and down in the pocket and be inserted or removed therefromth rough an opening in the upper part thereof. Between these transparentsheets,which are preferably formed of Celluloid, the train-order sheetsG may be inserted, as shown particularly in Fig. 5. Several of theseholdingframes are provided and pivotally secured to the post B, so thattwo orders in each frame may be viewed at all times, and if three framesare used, as shown in Fig. 3, six order-blanks may be held in positionand viewed as desired. Itis desirable that these holder-frames be.prevented from swinging during the movement of the'train and at thesame time be held in desired positions. In order to accomplish thisresult, the lower bracket D is provided with a plurality of notches d ofa size sufficient to receive the lower ends of holding-frames and holdthem in any desired position. Thislower bracket, as shown in plan viewin Fig. 2, is substantially semicircular in shape and provided with aplurality of these holdingnotches, so that the holding-frames lnay beheld separate from each other and viewed without interfering with eachother, or they may be folded together, as shown substantially in Fig. 3,and only one of the orderblanks be in condition for inspection.

I claiml. In a holder for train-order sheets, a main or carrying framecomposed of a closed bot-V tom, an open top, and side pieces, veachsidepiece having a channel or groove on its inner face, a slide consistingof'two transparent plates and a binding or protecting strip inclosingeach plate and furnishing a separation for the plates to form areceptacle between them, protected when the slide is in- IOO serted inthe Inain frame, to receive and reT tain a train-order for the order tobe visible and readable through the transparent plates, and means forpivotally supporting, locking and retaining the main or carrying framein the position for reading the order, substantially as described. n

2. In aholder for train orders, a main orcarrying frame composed of aclosed bottom, an open top, and side pieces, each side piece having achannel or groove on its inner face, two transparent plates, each havingside and end binding-pieces or protecting-strips, separating the plateswhen placed side by side and inserted in the channel or groove of themainframe side pieces, for the transparent plates to have a spacebetween them, for receiving and retaining train-orders therein, for theorders to be visible and readable through the transparent plates, andmeans for pivotally securing and holding the main frame in p0- sitionfor the orders to be readable when held in position between thetransparent plates, substantially as described.

3. In a holder for train-order sheets, a plurality of main or carryingframes, each composed of a. closed bottom, an open top, and side pieces,each side piece having a channel or groove on its inner face, twotransparent protecting-plates, each plate having a binding strip orpiece on each side edge, separating the plates and leaving a spacebetween them when placed side by side and entered into the grooves orchannels of the main frame, for the space to form a receptacle for thein'- sertion and retention of train-orders, for such orders to bereadable through the plates, a supportingbracket, a verticaly post onthe supporting-bracket having the main or carrying framepivotally'directed thereto, and fixed notches in the supporting-bracketsreceiving the lower edges of the main or carrying frames and holdingsuch frames in position for reading the orders, substantially asdescribed.

LOREN C. GIBBS.

Witnesses:

THUMAS F. SHERIDAN, THOMAS B. Mo(SfREGoR.y

